Be sincere, TOEIC. Have you ever been ingesting?
TOEIC is a fairly large deal in Japan. Administered by U.S.-based group Instructional Testing Service, it’s an English-as-a-second-language proficiency take a look at that’s usually used as a part of the hiring standards by Japanese corporations for positions with a global focus, with employers taking candidates’ TOEIC scores into consideration when evaluating their software packages.
TOEIC, by the way in which, stands for Check of English for Worldwide Communication…so it’s fairly ironic {that a} current message from the official TOEIC Japan Twitter account is so very, very baffling.
もっとォ…もっとォ…みんなに英語好きになってほしいいいいいいいいいいいいいい
いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい
いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいマジで人生変わるのにぃぃぃぃいぃぁあああああああああiisjhaisha— TOEIC (@TOEIC_japan) September 30, 2024
Even in case you can’t learn Japanese, you possibly can in all probability see that the tweet has a few characters that repeat a startling variety of instances, which is as bizarre a means of writing in Japanese as it’s in English. So what does the tweet say? Primarily:
“We…we waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant everybody to love English extra.
Like, it’ll seriousssssss-uhlyyyyyyyyyy change your life iisjhaisha.”
And no, “iisjhaisha” isn’t a Japanese phrase or web slang. The closest intelligible Japanese vocabulary is haisha, however meaning “dentist,” however that’s clearly not one thing the TOEIC account is making an attempt to shoehorn into no matter message it’s making an attempt to ship.
Because the message was posted on Septemeber 30, no clarification or clarification has been provided by TOEIC. The unhinged insanity of the in-Japanese tweet has been met with utter bewilderment, in addition to some earnest responses of what would, on the very least, persuade extra folks to take the take a look at, as proven in responses together with:
“TOEIC! TOEIC! TOEIC! TOEIC! Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooah! Whoaaaaa…aa…aaa! Whoaaaaaaaah!!! TOEICTOEICTOEIC whoawhoawhoa!”
“It’s OK, TOEIC. You possibly can tweet in English.”
“All proper already, I’ll take the take a look at! Simply relax!”
“Earlier than you get all loopy, decrease the take a look at payment.”
“Make the take a look at cheaper.”
“I…I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant you to decrease the take a look at payment. Like, it’ll seriousssssss-uhlyyyyyyyyyy improve the quantity of people that’ll take the take a look at iisjhaisha.”
Presently, the associated fee to take the TOEIC take a look at is 7,810 yen (US$56). That’s not precisely a budget-busting determine, however contemplating that the take a look at value solely 5,830 yen in early 2020, and has had a number of worth hikes since then, it’s not stunning to listen to some folks balking on the payment.
The subsequent iteration of the take a look at might be going down on November 17, and with purposes open till October 7, it’s not stunning that the TOEIC Twitter account is making an attempt to get folks excited in regards to the examination, however that is definitely an odd solution to go about doing it iisjhaisha.
Supply: Twitter/@TOEIC_japan through Jin
High picture: Pakutaso (edited by SoraNews24)
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